Friday, August 1, 2008

Letting Out My Breath

Who knew there would be so much drama in Mike's Big Central Asian Adventure before he'd even left home?

This last week has been one big bureaucratic flustercluck as the State Department has struggled to get Mike the visas he needs. I'll spare you the play-by-play, but suffice to say there has been much standing in line at consulates (both ones that do and do not exist), many three a.m. phone calls with folks in Dushanbe, much hand-wringing and soul-searching, and between the two of us, Mike and I have hatched about a million back-up plans in case this whole Central Asia thing fell through.

But today we woke up to good news! The State Department came through for Mike and now his passport--with Tajik visa--is on its way to us, and should arrive tomorrow by noon so that Mike can leave for the airport with it in hand about one hour later. Phew!

If I play my cards right, I may even be able to get him to write some guest posts here on TRAVELMONKEYS, which would help balance out the inordinate number of karaoke/drinky pictures I posted last night.

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Motto

"I always go to sea as a sailor, because they make a point of paying me for my trouble, whereas they never pay passengers a single penny that I ever heard of." --from Moby Dick, by Herman Melville

Meet the Travelmonkeys

Well, it's me, JM, my partner-in-crime, M, and our small black pug, Baci. We work in theater; I'm the director, M's the creator and performer, Baci's the little bit of chaos that keeps life interesting. We spend about half the year at home in Brooklyn and the other half on the road. This blog is an attempt to document that half, so we can remember where we've been.

Where We're Going Next

--SEATTLE! (early August with workshops at Seattle Rep)--INDIA!!! (rest of August, with performances and workshops in Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai)--VANCOUVER, B.C.!(performance with PuSh early September)--SEATTLE!(please, sir, no more shows, sir, just rest, sir)--PORTLAND!(for the mighty T:BA Festival, second two weeks of September)--AUSTIN!(shows at the University of Texas at Austin, where my parents met, third week of September)